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CNN Highlights MoTrPAC In New Article on Children and Exercise!!
Astronaut Dr. Peggy Whitson helps the MoTrPAC group!
Watch Astronaut Dr. Peggy Whitson and others explain the importance of understanding exercise and the MoTrPAC program.
See it here...
Dr. Collins Discusses the Physical Activity Program in this Video
What Is MoTrPAC? (2 minute video)
An audio-described version of this video is also available.
The MoTrPAC Consortium Summary
The Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Consortium (MoTrPAC) aims to uncover at the molecular level how exercise improves and preserves the health of the body's tissues and organs. By tracking exercise's impact on biological molecules and creating a molecular map, MoTrPAC will make exercise better understood by researchers and enable clinicians to make more specific recommendations when prescribing exercise to their patients.
To gather the considerable amount of data needed to develop a molecular map of exercise-related changes in the body, MoTrPAC consortium members are:
recruiting a diverse array of adult and children volunteers to study at Clinical Sites
performing rodent-exercise investigations at Preclinical Animal Study Sites
identifying exercise-influenced biological molecules at Chemical Analysis sites
coordinating efforts, storing samples, and compiling data in researcher-friendly formats at Consortium Coordinating sites
The MoTrPAC program issued its awards in December of 2016. During the first years of the program, the consortium organized the studies' methods and other logistics to effectively achieve the overall goal of the program. This included the establishment of clinical standards, data standards, animal study protocols, a data portal for researchers, along with community outreach and recruitment materials and strategies. To date, the program has nearly performed the full suite of planned animal studies and collected tissues for analysis. MoTrPAC clinical sites are expected to begin recruiting people for the adult study in fall of 2019.
Any amount of physical activity is better than none. In fact, a lack of physical activity is at the root of many common chronic health problems. However, it is not understood what molecular changes are induced by movement or how they improve the function of different tissues and organs in the body. The NIH Common Fund's Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity in Humans program aims to catalogue the biological molecules affected by exercise in people, to assemble a comprehensive map of the molecular changes that occur in response to movement and, when possible, relate these changes to the benefits of physical activity. This molecular map will contain the many molecular signals that transmit the health effects of physical activity, and indicate how they are altered by age, sex, body composition, fitness level, and exposure to exercise. The program also aims to develop a user-friendly database that any researcher can access to develop hypotheses regarding the mechanisms whereby physical activity improves or preserves health, facilitating investigator-initiated studies and catalyzing the field of physical activity research.
Five interrelated components comprise the program's Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Consortium (MoTrPAC).
MoTrPAC investigators will recruit approximately 2700 healthy adults for an exercise study. They will collect blood and tissue samples from active and sedentary volunteers who will perform resistance or aerobic exercises. These materials will be shared with colleagues at MoTrPAC Chemical Analysis Sites, who will extensively characterize a variety of molecules that change following exercise and may transmit the benefits of physical activity to organs and tissues that are not directly involved in movement. The adult Clinical Centers are led by
Marcas Bamman at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Center for Exercise Medicine, Bret Goodpaster at the Translational Research Institute for Metabolism and Diabetes in Orlando, Florida, and Scott Trappe at the Ball State University Human Performance Laboratory (U01AR071133)
John Jakicic at the University of Pittsburgh (U01AR071130)
Wendy Kohrt at the University of Colorado, Denver (U01AR071124)
William Kraus at Duke University, in partnership with Joseph Houmard at East Carolina University and Barbara Nicklas at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center (U01AR071128)
Blake Rasmussen at University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and Nicolas Musi at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (U01AR071150)
Eric Ravussin and Tuomo Rankinen at Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Research Center (U01AR071160)
Another Clinical Center (U01AR071158), led by Dan Cooper and Shlomit Radom-Aizik at the University of California-Irvine, will focus on the molecular changes that occur when children and adolescents exercise. Scientists and clinicians increasingly recognize that physical activity is an essential component of health, growth, and development, and there are critical periods when exercise can lead to long-term improvements in health. When combined with data from the six Centers focusing on adults, the research conducted at University of California-Irvine will show whether the molecular transducers of health benefits differ in children and in adults and during different stages of development.
Preclinical Animal Study Sites
Research teams at three Preclinical Animal Study Sites will explore the functions, sources, and target tissues of molecules that appear to be linked to physical activity's health benefits. The rat exercise models used for these studies will complement the Clinical Centers' work by allowing investigators to analyze tissues and organs that cannot be studied in people. Scientists also will use animal and cell models to investigate the roles of potential transducers once the molecules are isolated and identified. The groups are led by
Sue Bodine and Keith Barr at the University of California at Davis (U01AG055133)
Karyn Esser at the University of Florida (U01AG055137)
Laurie Goodyear at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston (U01AG055135)
Chemical Analysis Sites
Investigators at seven Chemical Analysis Sites will extensively analyze the human and rodent samples using various genomic, epigenomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, and metabolomic, technologies. These cutting-edge tools, which allow for the rapid identification of many different biological molecules from large numbers of samples, will enable the characterization of a wide range of molecules that change following exercise and may mediate physical activity's beneficial effects. The teams are led by
Joshua Adkins at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U24DK112349)
Charles Burant and Jun Li at the University of Michigan (U24DK112342)
Robert Gerszten, Clary Clish, and Stephen Carr at the Broad Institute/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Chris Newgard at Duke University (U24DK112340)
Dean Paul Jones at Emory University (U24DK112341)
Sreekumaran Nair and Ian Lanza at Mayo Clinic, Rochester (U24DK112326)
Stuart Sealfon and Martin Walsh at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (U24DK112331)
Michael Snyder and Stephen Montgomery at Stanford University (U24DK112348)
Bioinformatics Center
The Bioinformatics Center (U24EB023674), led by Euan Ashley at Stanford University, is responsible for establishing standards and protocols for data acquisition and storage, providing analytic tools for integrating and interrogating data generated through the Chemical Analysis Sites, and developing a user-friendly database that any researcher can access to develop hypotheses regarding the mechanisms whereby physical activity improves or preserves health.
Consortium Coordinating Center
The Consortium Coordinating Center (U24AR071113), led by Marco Pahor at the University of Florida, Michael Miller at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Walter Rejeski at Wake Forest University, and Russell Tracy at the University of Vermont, will manage study protocol development and implementation and will coordinate the collection and distribution of data and biological samples during the project. It will organize, monitor, and support the MoTrPAC Steering Committee and any subcommittees that the Steering Committee may establish to ensure that all aspects of the clinical and animal protocols and the analysis plans contribute to the mapping of molecular changes in response to exercise.
Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity in Humans Consortium Website
Visit the website maintained by the Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity in Humans Coordinating Center for in-depth program information and access to program resources.
MoTrPAC is featured in CNN: "How much exercise your kid needs, based on the latest research"
"The New Science of Exercise" featured as a TIME Magazine Cover Story
"San Antonio Doctors to Study How Exercising Benefits the Body" from News 4 San Antonio


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Knuth: Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About 7
Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About
by Donald E. Knuth (Stanford, California:
Center for the Study of Language and Information, 2001), xi+257 pp.
(CSLI Lecture Notes, no. 136.)
Japanese translation by Tooru Takizawa, Yuko Makino, and Noboru Tomizawa,
Computer Kagakusha ga Mettanî Kataranaî Koto (Tokyo:
SiBaccess Co. Ltd, 2003),
x+260 pp.
In the fall of 1999, computer scientist Donald E. Knuth was invited to
give six public lectures at MIT on the general subject of relations between
faith and science. The lectures were broadcast live on the Internet
and watched regularly by tens of thousands of people around the world,
and they have remained popular many months after the event. This book contains
transcripts of those lectures, edited and annotated by the author.
After an introductory first session, the second lecture focuses on the
interaction of randomization and religion, since randomization has become a
key area of scientific interest during the past few decades.
lecture considers questions of language translation, with many examples drawn
from the author's experiments in which random verses of the Bible were
analyzed in depth. The fourth one deals with art and aesthetics; it
illustrates several ways in which beautiful presentations can greatly deepen
our perception of difficult concepts. The fifth lecture discusses what the
author learned from the "3:16 project," a personal exploration of Biblical
literature which he regards as a turning point in his own life.
The sixth and final lecture, "God and Computer Science," is largely
independent of the other five. It deals with several new perspectives
by which concepts of computer science help to shed light on many ancient and
difficult questions previously addressed by scientists in other fields.
A significant part of each lecture is devoted to spontaneous
questions from the audience and the speaker's impromptu responses,
transcribed from videotapes of the original sessions.
The book concludes with a transcript of a panel discussion in
which Knuth joins several other prominent computer specialists
to discuss "Creativity, Spirituality, and Computer Science."
The other panelists are Guy L. Steele Jr. of Sun Microsystems,
Manuela Veloso of Carnegie Mellon University, and Mitch Kapor
of Lotus Development Corporation, together with moderator
Harry Lewis of Harvard University.
The author has contributed additional notes and a comprehensive index.
More than 100 illustrations accompany the text.
Excerpt from the Foreword by Anne Foerst
Many listeners, particularly students, used the opportunity to ask their
"god" about the questions that bothered them. Don had to address questions
such as, "Why is there evil in the world?"
"What happens after death?"
wanted him to give them answers about the meaning of life, and if there were
any miracles. In short, they treated Don as people within a faith-community
treat their minister.
It didn't help that Don was absolutely clear about having no authority to
answer these questions. It was particularly upsetting for some people when Don
gave his opinion that the questions have
no objective, universally valuable, and applicable answers;
that everyone has to try to seek answers for themselves. From
the feedback, I gathered that some people were disappointed. But the vast
majority of people were excited. Against all of their prejudices, here was
someone religious who did not claim to own the truth. Instead, Don invited his
listeners to find their own path, of questioning and reasoning about
themselves and all the rest.
The text of this book certainly speaks for itself. I would like to invite the
reader to follow the quest within this book. It was an exciting event at MIT,
and I am convinced that the book can get much of the same spirit across.
I wish the reader fun, anger, excitement, and trouble,
because that is something
only a deeply engaging topic such as religion and science can do for us.
Don has
presented a wonderful way to relate his science and his faith, and I hope the
readers will enjoy it as much as the live audience did.
Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About is a unique
book. Ultimately its charm lies in the author's approach to the
subject rather than what he actually finds in the end. As Knuth
himself writes, in discussing the purpose of life, "The important
thing to me … is not the destination, but the journey."
— Saul A. Teukolsky, Physics Today (April 2002)
One mark of a good author is the ability to make a successful book
out of an unpromising subject. — American Scientist
(May—June 2002)
… a fascinating book. … musings about the interface between computer
science and Christian theology are definitely not what one usually hears
computer scientists talking about, but I'm glad Knuth was willing to
take the risk of discussing them. — Fernando Q. Gouvêa,
MAA Reviews (February 2002)
Lecture 6 was the meat of the book for me, discussing how concepts of
computer science including computational complexity might give insights
about divinity. — Ian Parberry, SIGACT News (December 2002)
Although there is little technical content …, this collection of wisdom
and insights makes fascinating reading … After all, the author says,
"computer science is wonderful but it is not everything."
Occasionally even mathematicians and computer scientists should think
about the meaning of life. … Each chapter concludes with a really
good set of spontaneous questions from the audience and the speaker's
impromptu responses, as well as excellent endnotes. — Jerrold W.
Grossman, Mathematical Reviews (November 2003)
Knuth's involvement was a great boon for MIT's "God and Computers" project.
— Albert C. Lewis, Zentralblatt MATH 1033 (2004)
… Knuth is courageously unconventional, dealing with theological matters
as a mathematician and computer scientist.
It's always reassuring, and even inspirational, to see a famous scientist
humbly approach these questions and declare himself confused like the rest of us.
… [The book's] value is in seeing that computer scientists can and should address
the big issues; and also the uniquely humorous, down-to-earth, and personal way
that he does it. After all, he opens with, "Why I am unqualified to give these
lectures" and then "Why the lectures might be interesting anyway."
And they certainly are. — Brendan O'Connor, IEEE Annals of the
History of Computing (October—December 2004).
This book can be ordered from the publisher
(CSLI),
and also from the distributor
(University of Chicago Press).
Curiosity seekers might also want to go back to the
old (1999) webpage
on which the lectures were first advertised.
Videos of the original lectures were hosted for many years by Dr Dobbs Journal,
but all traces of those videos seem to have disappeared. Audio files do survive,
however, thanks to Udo Wermuth:
lecture 1 (6 October 1999]
(Sorry, your browser does not support the audio element.)
lecture 2 (13 October 1999]
lecture 4 (3 November 1999]
lecture 5 (1 December 1999]
panel discussion (17 November 1999]
As usual, I promise to deposit a reward of
0x$1.00 ($2.56)
to the account of the first person
who finds and reports anything that remains technically, historically,
typographically, or politically incorrect.
If you have the original hardback edition of 2001, you might be interested
in its historic errata list,
which enriched the coffers of numerous readers.
Here is a list of all nits that have been picked so far in the first
paperback printing (2003):
page 6, line 5 (14 Nov 2003)
change "in a effort" to "in an effort"
page 23, line 14 (25 Mar 2011)
change "ton, Rouge" to "ton Rouge"
page 35, bottom line (30 Oct 2010)
change "on every" to "on nearly every"
page 36, line 2 (30 Oct 2010)
change "59 pages" to "roughly 59 pages"
page 112, line 1 (18 Nov 2003)
change "Kirsten" to "Kerstin"
page 120, lines 10, 11, 12 (02 Feb 2017)
change "mirror image … didn't fit" to
"rotation. When I first prepared this image, my combination of the individual layers and color separations was slightly off; the letters didn't fit"
page 134, line 10 from the bottom (29 Dec 2003)
change "Page 96" to "Page 95"
page 135, line 18 (25 Jul 2011)
change "van Randow" to "von Randow"
page 165, line 6 from the bottom (21 Nov 2003)
change "the the" to "the"
page 200, line 16 (27 Nov 2007)
change "Job 33" to "Job 22"
page 228, line 20 (25 Jan 2007)
change "is to ask is" to "is to ask"
page 237, line 15 (25 Mar 2011)
change "Baton, Rouge" to "ton Rouge"
page 243, Cantor entry (26 Jun 2005)
change "Philip" to "Philipp"
page 245, Dijkstra entry (28 Mar 2005)
change "Wijbe" to "Wybe"
page 252, Planck entry (28 April 2008)
change "Max Karl Ernst" to "Karl Ernst Ludwig Marx (= Max)"
page 253, Randow entry (25 Jul 2011)
change "van" to "von"
page 256, Van Randow entry (25 Jul 2011)
change it to "von Randow", and re-alphabetize
back cover, line 15 (25 Jun 2015)
change "translation,aesthetics" to "translation, æsthetics"
I hope the book is otherwise error-free; but (sigh) it
probably isn't, because each page presented me with numerous opportunities
to make mistakes. Please send suggested corrections to
knuth-bug@cs.stanford.edu, or send snail mail to
Prof. D. Knuth, Computer Science Department, Gates Building 4B,
Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-9045 USA.
I may not be able to
read your message until many months have gone by, because I'm working
intensively on
The Art of Computer Programming. However,
I promise to reply in due time.
DO NOT SEND EMAIL TO KNUTH-BUG EXCEPT TO REPORT ERRORS IN BOOKS!
And if you do report an error via email, please do not
include attachments of any kind; your message should be
readable on brand-X operating systems for all values of X.
Don Knuth's home page
Don Knuth's book on the 3:16 project
Don Knuth's other books
https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/things.html
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a16z Podcast: What to Know about GDPR
with Lisa Hawke (@ldhawke) and Steven Sinofsky (@stevesi)
Given concern around data breaches, the EU Parliament finally passed GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) after four years of preparation and debate; it goes into enforcement on May 25, 2018. Though it originated in Europe, GDPR is a form of long-arm jurisdiction that affects many U.S. companies — including most software startups, because data collection and user privacy touch so much of what they do. With EU regulators focusing most on transparency, GDPR affects everything from user interface design to engineering to legal contracts and more.
That's why it's really about "privacy by design", argues former environmental scientist and lawyer Lisa Hawke, who spent most of her career in regulatory compliance in the oil industry and is now Vice President of Security and Compliance at a16z portfolio company Everlaw (she also serves as Vice Chair for Women in Security and Privacy). And it's also why, observes a16z board partner Steven Sinofsky, everyone — from founders to product managers to engineers and others — should think about privacy and data regulations (like GDPR, HIPAA, etc.) as a culture… not just as "compliance".
The two break down the basics all about GDPR in this episode of the a16z Podcast — the why,…
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I've been a bit naughty with my spending these last couple of weeks. I hadn't been shopping much for the last few months, mainly because I was trying to restore some of my savings after having to pay for my surgery. Besides that, I just wasn't in the mood somehow. I'd walk into a shop and lose interest in it by the time I'd made it past the first rack of stuff. Even in op shops, which are normally a haven for me, I was disheartened and bored.
But that has all changed now, whether for the better or not. My bank balance would probably say "not". I went op shopping a few times in the last ten days or so and picked up loads of things. Like, LOADS. A ridiculous amount of clothes (when I already have a wardrobe that is groaning under its own weight) and knick knacks. Let me give you an example of one shopping trip – in one store alone, I bought 6 skirts, three tops, a dress, a pair of shoes and a jumper. Like I said, ridiculous.
But I kinda let myself off because it is op shopping and so the prices are low and the money goes to charity. So, really, I am being very selfless and thrifty! Maybe?
A fabulous turquoise ring. It's enormous. Who would wear this as a ring??? I just wanted it for its beads…it was only $1.00.
hate it when pots have no drainage holes. It's so annoying. It was $1.25, so even if it didn't have a drainage hole, I would have bought it. It's nice and solid and I think the green will go well with something that has some bright flowers, or variegated leaves that add contrast.
Stacks of magazines (teapot not included – I forgot to remove him before taking the photo) for 75c each. I love magazines but they are so expensive now. Why pay $10.00 for one when you can buy them for less than a dollar?
This pretty grey and white floral top was only $4.50. It's a Portmans piece so would have been a lot more expensive than that originally. Portmans is a shop I don't even walk in to – I can't afford their normal prices. Because I am a tightwad basically.
Black and white sheer and lace skirt. This was $5.00 I think. The sheer layer over the top covers the shorter one underneath. I liked the lace details and the pattern.
Another skirt. Because I need them apparently. This one is just a basic pencil skirt, but I really like the small-print floral and it is very comfortable to wear, especially on fat days ha ha.
Um, another skirt. I am still trying to figure out if it is brown or purple. In the shop, I thought it was purple, then I got it home and decided it was actually brown. Now I am just confused. The lighting in my room is DREADFUL, so it could be bright green and I wouldn't be able to tell. It was also $5.00. I liked the lace detail on the hem of this one also. It came with this horrible brooch/chain thingy that was made from lace and ribbons. Hideous. That came off straightaway.
Brown leather shoes. I don't normally buy or wear leather, but I will make an exception if the item is second hand. I figure the damage has already been done to the poor animal. Me buying these shoes isn't going to make a lick of difference in the long run. They're a little big for me but comfortable and soft. I might end up giving them to my Mum, if my leather-guilt gets too bad. She has bigger feet than me so they will probably fit her better anyway.
I actually got this book from a 2nd-hand bookstore in Margaret River. I just liked the illustrations. It was $7.00, which is more than I would normally pay for anything, but I got sucked in by the pretty pictures inside.
These gorgeous yellow beads (from a huge necklace that was so heavy it could possibly give you scoliosis of the spine) were like a ray of sunshine to my yellow-bead-deprived heart. I am always looking for this kind of yellow. Not plastic or glass, I needed ceramic or clay ones. And here they are! And so many too! They're hand made and so each bead is a little different to the next, which I kinda like. Although, if I am trying to make earrings from them, I will probably go insane trying to find a pair that matches. These were $5.75.
Finally (for this post anyway), this delightful little Stilton cheese pot. Love the shape and colours and overall design. I have no idea what I will keep in it. It will probably just be a display item on my bookshelves. It was only $3.00. I can even see me planting a succulent in it, although that would render the lid a bit redundant. I just liked it. It's cute 🙂 So there.
So, just a few of things I bought this month. I am not quite sure where this spending frenzy is coming from but it is best not to fight it. That could get messy and lead to whining and possibly the over-consumption of cookies/cake/insert bad food of choice here. I think I am also sub-consciously putting off starting the process of buying a house. I have given myself a year to make a decision about it and the months are already dwindling away and I am no closer to even STARTING to think about it. Sigh. It's too grown-up a decision for me to make without hyperventilating and coming out in hives. Op-shopping is safer and cheaper and downright nicer.
That's my story and I am sticking to it,.


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D. Jason Lyon Appointed as Western Justice Center's Outside General Counsel
D. Jason Lyon, of Hahn & Hahn, has been appointed as Outside General Counsel to the Western Justice Center. Mr. Lyon succeeds Hahn & Hahn partner, R. Scott Jenkins, who served in this role from 1999 to 2017.
Founded in 1987, the Western Justice Center (WJC) is a Pasadena-based non-profit organization led by the Honorable Dorothy W. Nelson, judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and a group of...
Scott Jenkins Honored at Pasadena Senior Center's "Zest for Life" Gala
On Saturday, October 28, the Pasadena Senior Center honored Hahn & Hahn partner, Scott Jenkins, at its annual "Zest for Life" Gala. As this year's honoree, the Pasadena Senior Center recognized Mr. Jenkins for his business and community leadership. The Pasadena Senior Center cited his professional contributions and volunteer commitments to local organizations as some of the reasons that led to Mr. Jenkins selection as this...
Karla Berentsen Joins Pasadena Humane Society Board
Hahn & Hahn partner Karla Berentsen has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA.
Since 1903, the Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA has been dedicated to "promoting humane treatment and compassionate care for all animals." The organization offers services that range from animal control and adoption services to training classes and vaccinations.
Ms. Berentsen has served on...
Karl Swaidan and Ryan Kaye Speak to ProVisors' Pasadena Estate & Succession Planning Affinity Group
Today, Hahn & Hahn LLP partners Karl I. Swaidan and Ryan A. Kaye presented to the ProVisors' Pasadena Estate & Succession Planning Affinity Group on "The Importance of Portability in Estate Planning and What You Need to Know." The presentation provided the group with a basic introduction to portability and its legal framework, the advantages and importance of portability in estate and gift planning, and a critical look at...
Hahn & Hahn LLP Certified as Majority Women & Minority Owned Business Enterprise
Hahn & Hahn LLP is proud to announce its certification by the California Public Utilities Commission as a majority Women & Minority Owned Business Enterprise. The certification verifies that a majority of the firm's partnership are now women or minorities. Ten of Hahn & Hahn's sixteen partners qualified the firm for certification.
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FWD.us Immigration Ad Targets Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity Fans
By Elise Foley and Amanda Terkel
WASHINGTON -- Americans for a Conservative Direction, a wing of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's political group FWD.us, is airing an ad on conservative talk radio to push for comprehensive immigration reform, claiming there is little to no border security or enforcement under the current system and that more needs to be done.
It's a questionable argument, considering the record deportation levels under President Barack Obama and the large sums of money already devoted to ramping up border enforcement. The ad, which is running during Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh's shows, supports the "gang of eight" immigration bill to be considered on the Senate floor in June, but also seems to say that it would not increase border security enough.
The ad exemplifies, in some ways, the progressive criticism of FWD.us. Progressives argue the organization is giving credence to inaccurate and misguided arguments by adopting conservative language, such as "amnesty," to make space for Republicans to support immigration reform.
The ad begins by saying the current system is in shambles: (Read the full transcript below and listen to the ad above)
Male voice: Our immigration system is a joke, and the whole world knows it.
Female voice: Our border is unsecure, our laws are unenforced. We don't know who's here, what they're doing or even why.
Male voice: What we have now is a national security nightmare waiting to happen.
The group's political strategy has drawn significant criticism from immigration reform supporters and Silicon Valley heavyweights in recent weeks. An earlier TV ad campaign praised lawmakers for backing projects like the Keystone XL pipeline and drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. FWD.us has argued that the ads were meant to give home district support to lawmakers who were also backing immigration reform.
This month, billionaire eco-entrepreneur Elon Musk announced that he was withdrawing his backing of FWD.us due to its political strategy. David Sacks, founder of the business networking site Yammer, also dropped out.
CREDO and Progressives United, two prominent progressive groups, have been pressing the Silicon Valley backers of Zuckerberg's group to pull out as well.
FWD.us spokeswoman Kate Hansen has said the group understands that "not everyone will always agree with or be pleased by our strategy," but it remains "totally committed to supporting a bipartisan policy agenda that will boost the knowledge economy, including comprehensive immigration reform."
The ad airing during Limbaugh and Hannity doesn't misrepresent the immigration reform bill from the gang of eight; the legislation says border security will come first, that some undocumented immigrants will still be deported, and that there will be a difficult path to citizenship. But the ad also implies the current immigration enforcement system -- which deported a record of more than 400,000 people last year -- is doing nothing. In addition, it glosses over spending on immigration enforcement, which was at nearly $18 billion in the 2012 fiscal year, according to a report released in January from the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute. That sum is more than the combined spending of all other federal enforcement agencies, including the Drug Enforcement Administration and the FBI.
Conservatives have argued the bill should go further than it does. Sen Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), a member of the gang of eight, hinted to Hannity last week that he might propose an amendment to change border enforcement requirements in the bill.
Limbaugh and Hannity disagree on immigration reform. Limbaugh has been highly critical of the gang of eight immigration bill, and lauded a failed effort by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) to strip it of its provision allowing undocumented immigrants to eventually become citizens. Earlier this year, Limbaugh said he'd never understand Rubio's thinking.
Hannity has been more open to immigration reform. He said in November -- shortly after the election -- that he would support securing the border and then eventually allowing undocumented immigrants to become citizens.
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"There's a lot of conversation about immigration happening on talk radio," he told Bloomberg. "We'd be foolish not to get our message out over that medium."
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Female voice: But conservatives like Marco Rubio and Paul Ryan...
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Male voice: Next, deport any illegal immigrant guilty of a serious crime. For the rest, no amnesty, period.
Female voice: If they have a job, if they pay a fine and if they learn English...
Male voice: ...they can go to the back of the line with no federal benefits. That means no welfare, no Obamacare -- nothing.
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Female voice: Call Congress. Tell them to fix our broken immigration system. Paid for by Americans for a Conservative Direction.
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A bipartisan group of senators have come together to address the issue of immigration reform. The group consists of four members of each party -- Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer of New York, Dick Durbin of Illinois, Bob Menendez of New Jersey and Michael Bennet of Colorado, plus Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Marco Rubio of Florida, John McCain of Arizona and Jeff Flake of Arizona. Their framework was announced Monday.


State Sen. Scott Weiner and Assemblyman Phil Ting on Monday stood alongside activists and students to introduce new legislation that could put an end to gun shows at the state-owned Cow Palace in Daly City.
The move by students from Jefferson High School, elected officials and activists against gun violence comes on the heels of Friday's deadly shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas and February's massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida.
"We have an epidemic of gun massacres in this country," Weiner said. "Our country is awash in guns."
Sam Paredes, executive director for Gun Owners of California, the oldest pro-gun political action committee in the country, said there are more than 40 million guns in California. He argues that "stopping the gun show is not going to reduce the number of guns there are in circulation."
In the wake of the deadly school shooting in Texas, students and leaders in the Bay Area are pushing against popular gun shows on the Peninsula. Pete Suratos reports.
Lori Marshall with the Cow Palace added that the venue has done nothing illegal and that they do not plan on slamming the door on gun shows.
State Sen. Jerry Hill admits that putting an end to gun shows wouldn't prevent future massacres involving firearms.
"It will not stop the next Santa Fe," he said. "But what it will stop is California profiting and glamorizing the retail sales of guns."
The Cow Palace's most recent gun show was in April, according to Wiener's office. The legislators emphasized that gun shows are a small portion of the venue's programming and they hope the space will remain a vital part of the community.
"We should not have gun shows in the heart of the Bay Area," Weiner said. "The Cow Palace gun shows should have ended a long time ago. Better late than never."
Student Andre O'Quinn believes that banning gun shows at the Cow Palace would prevent a school shooting from truly hitting home.
State Sen. Scott Weiner and Assemblyman Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, will introduce new legislation on Monday with high school students who have spoken out against gun shows at the Cow Palace in Daly City.
"One thing that we really want to make sure is that this doesn't happen in our own school, in any of the schools that are in Daly City," he said.
If the legislation passes, the goal is to enact the ban on gun shows at the Cow Palace by January 2020.


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Basheer Bagh Palace or Bashir Bagh Palace was a palace located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It was constructed by Sir Asman Jah, a Paigah noble and Prime Minister of Hyderabad state (1887–1894).

History
It was once a palace with great architecture and magnificent interior. The palace was dismantled by the state government after Indian independence, but the area is still known as Basheerbagh.

This place has the distinction of playing host to the Hindustani classical maestro, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, who stayed here in his final years of his life, patronized by Nawab Zahir Yar Jung. He died at this palace on 25 April 1968.

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External links

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Hyderabad State
Palaces of Nizams of Hyderabad
Palaces of Paigah of Hyderabad

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Q: Java based Telnet Application I want to create Java based Telnet application which can send the telnet command to some server and capture it response , in simply command line Telnet emulator,
Please kindly provide some tutorial to create.
i saw couple of tutorial it required java telnet server and client both , but my case i need only need send command and capture telnet output to variable or  write text file
Thank you.

A: Take a look at Apache Commons Net TelnetClient. It could easily provide the behaviuor you need. You just have to get the TelnetClient instance, call the connect method and work with remote server via Input- and OutputStreams. Here you can find an official example, how it can be used, but it's a little bit redundant, IMO.
Here is one more example from here:
import org.apache.commons.net.telnet.TelnetClient;

import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.PrintStream;

public class AutomatedTelnetClient {
    private TelnetClient telnet = new TelnetClient();
    private InputStream in;
    private PrintStream out;
    private String prompt = "%";

    public AutomatedTelnetClient(String server, String user, String password) {
        try {
            // Connect to the specified server
            telnet.connect(server, 23);

            // Get input and output stream references
            in = telnet.getInputStream();
            out = new PrintStream(telnet.getOutputStream());

            // Log the user on
            readUntil("login: ");
            write(user);
            readUntil("Password: ");
            write(password);

            // Advance to a prompt
            readUntil(prompt + " ");
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public void su(String password) {
        try {
            write("su");
            readUntil("Password: ");
            write(password);
            prompt = "#";
            readUntil(prompt + " ");
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public String readUntil(String pattern) {
        try {
            char lastChar = pattern.charAt(pattern.length() - 1);
            StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
            boolean found = false;
            char ch = (char) in.read();
            while (true) {
                System.out.print(ch);
                sb.append(ch);
                if (ch == lastChar) {
                    if (sb.toString().endsWith(pattern)) {
                        return sb.toString();
                    }
                }
                ch = (char) in.read();
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return null;
    }

    public void write(String value) {
        try {
            out.println(value);
            out.flush();
            System.out.println(value);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public String sendCommand(String command) {
        try {
            write(command);
            return readUntil(prompt + " ");
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return null;
    }

    public void disconnect() {
        try {
            telnet.disconnect();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            AutomatedTelnetClient telnet = new AutomatedTelnetClient(
                    "myserver", "userId", "Password");
            System.out.println("Got Connection...");
            telnet.sendCommand("ps -ef ");
            System.out.println("run command");
            telnet.sendCommand("ls ");
            System.out.println("run command 2");
            telnet.disconnect();
            System.out.println("DONE");
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

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Q: I lose connection with SQL Server after query execution I have an ASP.NET application, in a page I have a function wrapped to a button click, this button click inserts 200 rows into one database table.
Each time I click the button, the insert is successful, but after that, I lose the connection to the database, so my web application is freezing and I need to restart the whole server to reconnect to the database.
I tried to watch the SQL Server log from object explorer but to no avail; I watched many messages the important error cluing messages are

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*.NET Framework runtime has been stopped

*Server broker manager has shut down

Here's my code:
 public static string UpdateListWithTrans(DataTable dt, DataTable DtTrans, DataTable DtTrans2, DataTable DtTrans3, int DecisionId, string status, string CurrentUser)
 {
     Connection con = new Connection();
     int UserID = GetUserId(CurrentUser);
     con.SetConn();

     try
     {
         using (SqlCommand cm = new SqlCommand("spUpdateListTransAction", con.GetConn()))
         {
             cm.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
             con.openConn();

             cm.Parameters.AddWithValue("@DecisionId",DecisionId);
             cm.Parameters.AddWithValue("@dt", dt);
             cm.Parameters.AddWithValue("@DtTrans",DtTrans);
             cm.Parameters.AddWithValue("@DtTrans2",DtTrans2);
             cm.Parameters.AddWithValue("@DtTrans3",DtTrans3);
             cm.Parameters.AddWithValue("@status", status);
             cm.Parameters.AddWithValue("@UserID", UserID);
             cm.Parameters.AddWithValue("@CreationDate", TimeZone_.GetLocalDate());
             cm.Parameters.Add("@IsOk", SqlDbType.NVarChar, 100);
             cm.Parameters["@IsOk"].Direction = ParameterDirection.Output;

             cm.ExecuteNonQuery();
             cm.Dispose();

             con.CloseConn();
             return cm.Parameters["@IsOk"].Value.ToString();
         }
    }
    catch (Exception ee)
    {
       con.CloseConn();
       con.DisposeConn();
       return "f";
    }
}

 public class Connection
    {
        private SqlConnection con;
        public void SetConn()
        {
            con = new SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["ConnectionString"].ConnectionString);
        }
        public SqlConnection GetConn()
        {
            return con;
        }
        public void DisposeConn()
        {
            con.Dispose();
        }
        public void openConn()
        {
            if (con.State != ConnectionState.Open)
                con.Open();
        }
        public void CloseConn()
        {
            if (con.State != ConnectionState.Closed)
                con.Close();
        }
    }

A: First, refactor the code like this:
public static string UpdateListWithTrans(DataTable dt, DataTable DtTrans, DataTable DtTrans2, DataTable DtTrans3, int DecisionId, string status, string CurrentUser)
 {
     try
     {
         using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["ConnectionString"].ConnectionString))
         {
             using (SqlCommand cm = new SqlCommand("spUpdateListTransAction", con))
             {
                 cm.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;

                 cm.Parameters.AddWithValue("@DecisionId",DecisionId);
                 cm.Parameters.AddWithValue("@dt", dt);
                 cm.Parameters.AddWithValue("@DtTrans",DtTrans);
                 cm.Parameters.AddWithValue("@DtTrans2",DtTrans2);
                 cm.Parameters.AddWithValue("@DtTrans3",DtTrans3);
                 cm.Parameters.AddWithValue("@status", status);
                 cm.Parameters.AddWithValue("@UserID", GetUserId(CurrentUser));
                 cm.Parameters.AddWithValue("@CreationDate", TimeZone_.GetLocalDate());
                 cm.Parameters.Add("@IsOk", SqlDbType.NVarChar, 100);
                 cm.Parameters["@IsOk"].Direction = ParameterDirection.Output;

                 con.openConn();
                 cm.ExecuteNonQuery();

                 return cm.Parameters["@IsOk"].Value.ToString();
             }
         }
    }
    catch (Exception ee)
    {
       return "f";
    }
}

Then, see if that resolves your issue. You have some mixed principals, such as explicitly calling .Dispose(), when the using statement will do that for you.
You also have some other refactoring to do. For example, don't use .AddWithValue. Instead, define your parameters this way. NOTE: I'm a VB.NET guy, but I assume the parameter DB type should also be SqlDbType.Int in C#?
cm.Parameters.Add("@DecisionId", SqlDbType.Int).Value = DecisionId;

Make sure to define VarChar and NVarChar types with a size. For example:
cm.Parameters.Add("@Example", SqlDbType.NVarChar, 32).Value = example;


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Italy Under 21 is already qualified as they are hosting the event, but they are doing a series of friendly games to train and be ready for this great event. We have been in the past documenting the game of the Italian national team, called also "Azzurrini" (due to the color of the italian jersey). Yesterday the team coached by Luigi di Biagio was in Udine at the Friuli Stadium, recently renovated and also one of the stadiums selected to host the European Championship in June.
There will be also another friendly game in Vicenza against Tunisia at Menti Stadium next Monday, as the Serie A and Serie B championship are off because of the National team games.
The game in Udine was not one of the best for Italy even if it was a friendly one and it was important for Luigi di Biagio to test some new players which have been wearing the U21 shirt for their first time. Italy lost 1-0 against Belgium, with the goal scored at 81′ minutes by n.6 Francis Amuzu (Playing for RSC Anderlecht).
We have been shooting some photos of the game, focusing on the Italian team, which has some players coming from important clubs such as Milan, Roma, Torino, Sampdoria, Juventus and Udinese. For Italy there is still time to grow and be ready for the summer.
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Эдмон Нокар (; 29 января 1850, Провен — 2 августа 1903, Сен-Морис) — французский микробиолог и ветеринар.

Биография
Родился 29 января 1850 года в Провене в семье торговца лесом. В 1867 году окончил Провенский коллеж. С 1868 по 1873 годы учился в Альфортской ветеринарной школе. В 1870 году началась Франко-прусская война; Нокар прервал учёбу и записался добровольцем в 5-й уланский полк. После войны он завершил обучение и по рекомендации профессора Анри Булея стал руководителем клинической службы Альфортской школы. В 1876 избран членом Французской ветеринарной академии, в 1886 году был её президентом. С 1880 года работал в институте Пастера. В 1883 году совместно с Эмилем Ру, Исидором Cтраусом и Луи Тюилье отправился в Египет для изучения эпидемии холеры. Там же он проводил исследования чумы крупного рогатого скота. В 1886 году избран членом Национальной медицинской академии. С 1887 по 1891 годы был директором школы Альфорта. В 1897 году избран почетным членом Французского биологического общества. Умер 2 августа 1903 года.

Научная деятельность
Исследования Нокара посвящены совершенствованию методов диагностики зоонозных инфекций, в том числе сибирской язвы, туберкулёза, сапа, бруцеллёза, контагиозной плевропневмонии крупного рогатого скота, ящура. Известен также новаторскими разработками в области методов лечения и анестезии лошадей. В 1898 году вместе с Эмилем Ру впервые удалось культивировать микроорганизмы — возбудители контагиозной плевропневмонии крупного рогатого скота. Это был первый известный вид из класса микоплазм, которых до работ Ру и Нокара считали вирусами.

В 1885 году принимал участие в организации Национального конгресса санитарных ветеринаров в должности вице-президента.

Память
В честь Нокара назван род грамположительных бактерий Nocardia, которые являются возбудителями различных форм нокардиоза. В Париже и в Провене имеются улицы Нокара.

Публикации

Примечания

Сотрудники Института Пастера
Микробиологи Франции
Ветеринары Франции
Члены Парижской медицинской академии


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Results for 'Giacomo A. Bonanno'
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Giacomo Bonanno
Controlling one's stream of thought through perceptual and reflective processing.Giacomo A. Bonanno & Jerome L. Singer - 1993 - In Daniel M. Wegner & J. Pennebaker (eds.), Handbook of Mental Control. Prentice-Hall.details
Aspects of Consciousness in Philosophy of Mind
The Stream of Consciousness in Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Emotion self-regulation.Merold Westphal & Giacomo A. Bonanno - 2004 - In Simon C. Moore & Mike Oaksford (eds.), Consciousness, Emotional Self-Regulation and the Brain. John Benjamins.details
Consciousness and Psychology in Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Emotion and Consciousness in Psychology in Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Emotions in Philosophy of Mind
A Simple Modal Logic for Belief Revision.Giacomo Bonanno - 2005 - Synthese 147 (2):193-228.details
We propose a modal logic based on three operators, representing intial beliefs, information and revised beliefs. Three simple axioms are used to provide a sound and complete axiomatization of the qualitative part of Bayes' rule. Some theorems of this logic are derived concerning the interaction between current beliefs and future beliefs. Information flows and iterated revision are also discussed.
Bayesian Reasoning, Misc in Philosophy of Probability
Belief Revision in Epistemology
Conditionalization in Philosophy of Probability
Modal and Intensional Logic in Logic and Philosophy of Logic
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A syntactic approach to rationality in games with ordinal payoffs.Giacomo Bonanno - 2008 - In Giacomo Bonanno, Wiebe van der Hoek & Michael Wooldridge (eds.), Logic and the Foundations of Game and Decision Theory. Amsterdam University Press.details
We consider strategic-form games with ordinal payoffs and provide a syntactic analysis of common belief/knowledge of rationality, which we define axiomatically. Two axioms are considered. The first says that a player is irrational if she chooses a particular strategy while believing that another strategy is better. We show that common belief of this weak notion of rationality characterizes the iterated deletion of pure strategies that are strictly dominated by pure strategies. The second axiom says that a player is irrational if (...) she chooses a particular strategy while believing that a different strategy is at least as good and she considers it possible that this alternative strategy is actually better than the chosen one. We show that common knowledge of this stronger notion of rationality characterizes the restriction to pure strategies of the iterated deletion procedure introduced by Stalnaker (1994). Frame characterization results are also provided. (shrink)
Game-Theoretic Principles in Philosophy of Action
Rationality in Epistemology
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The Logic of Rational Play in Games of Perfect Information.Giacomo Bonanno - 1991 - Economics and Philosophy 7 (1):37-65.details
For the past 20 years or so the literature on noncooperative games has been centered on the search for an equilibrium concept that expresses the notion of rational behavior in interactive situations. A basic tenet in this literature is that if a "rational solution" exists, it must be a Nash equilibrium. The consensus view, however, is that not all Nash equilibria can be accepted as rational solutions. Consider, for example, the game of Figure 1.
Game Theory in Philosophy of Action
Rationality in Economics in Philosophy of Social Science
Axiomatic characterization of the AGM theory of belief revision in a temporal logic.Giacomo Bonanno - 2007 - Artificial Intelligence 171 (2-3):144-160.details
Since belief revision deals with the interaction of belief and information over time, branching-time temporal logic seems a natural setting for a theory of belief change. We propose two extensions of a modal logic that, besides the next-time temporal operator, contains a belief operator and an information operator. The first logic is shown to provide an axiomatic characterization of the first six postulates of the AGM theory of belief revision, while the second, stronger, logic provides an axiomatic characterization of the (...) full set of AGM postulates. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. (shrink)
Formal Epistemology in Epistemology
Temporal Logic in Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Belief revision in a temporal framework.Giacomo Bonanno - 2008 - In Krzysztof Apt & Robert van Rooij (eds.), New Perspectives on Games and Interaction. Amsterdam University Press.details
The theory of belief revision deals with (rational) changes in beliefs in response to new information. In the literature a distinction has been drawn between belief revision and belief update (see [6]). The former deals with situations where the objective facts describing the world do not change (so that only the beliefs of the agent change over time), while the letter allows for situations where both the facts and the doxastic state of the agent change over time. We focus on (...) belief revision and propose a temporal framework that allows for iterated revision. We model the notion of "minimal" or "conservative" belief revision by considering logics of increasing strength. We move from one logic to the next by adding one or more axioms and show that the corresponding logic captures more stringent notions of minimal belief revision. The strongest logic that we propose provides a full axiomatization of the well-known AGM theory of belief revision. (shrink)
AGM Belief Revision Theory in Epistemology
Modal Logic in Logic and Philosophy of Logic
A characterization of Von Neumann games in terms of memory.Giacomo Bonanno - 2004 - Synthese 139 (2):281 - 295.details
An information completion of an extensive game is obtained by extending the information partition of every player from the set of her decision nodes to the set of all nodes. The extended partition satisfies Memory of Past Knowledge (MPK) if at any node a player remembers what she knew at earlier nodes. It is shown that MPK can be satisfied in a game if and only if the game is von Neumann (vN) and satisfies memory at decision nodes (the restriction (...) of MPK to a player's own decision nodes). A game is vN if any two decision nodes that belong to the same information set of a player have the same number of predecessors. By providing an axiom for MPK we also obtain a syntactic characterization of the said class of vN games. (shrink)
Memory, Misc in Philosophy of Mind
Filtered Belief Revision: Syntax and Semantics.Giacomo Bonanno - 2022 - Journal of Logic, Language and Information 31 (4):645-675.details
In an earlier paper [Rational choice and AGM belief revision, _Artificial Intelligence_, 2009] a correspondence was established between the set-theoretic structures of revealed-preference theory (developed in economics) and the syntactic belief revision functions of the AGM theory (developed in philosophy and computer science). In this paper we extend the re-interpretation of those structures in terms of one-shot belief revision by relating them to the trichotomous attitude towards information studied in Garapa (Rev Symb Logic, 1–21, 2020) where information may be either (...) (1) fully accepted or (2) rejected or (3) taken seriously but not fully accepted. We begin by introducing the syntactic notion of _filtered belief revision_ and providing a characterization of it in terms of a mixture of both AGM revision and contraction. We then establish a correspondence between the proposed notion of filtered belief revision and the above-mentioned set-theoretic structures, interpreted as semantic _partial_ belief revision structures. We also provide an interpretation of the trichotomous attitude towards information in terms of the degree of implausibility of the information. (shrink)
Can good news lead to a more pessimistic choice of action?Giacomo Bonanno - 1988 - Theory and Decision 25 (2):123-136.details
Adapting a definition introduced by Milgrom (1981) we say that a signal about the environment is good news relative to some initial beliefs if the posterior beliefs dominate the initial beliefs in the sense of first-order stochastic dominance (the assumption being that higher values of the parameter representing the environment mean better environments). We give an example where good news leads to the adoption of a more pessimistic course of action (we say that action a, reveals greater pessimism than action (...) a" if it gives higher payoff in bad environments and lower payoff in good environments). We then give sufficient conditions for a signal not to induce a more pessimistic choice of action. (shrink)
Preferences in Decision Theory in Philosophy of Action
Topics in Decision Theory, Misc in Philosophy of Action
Logic and the Foundations of Game and Decision Theory €" Loft 8.Giacomo Bonanno, Benedikt Löwe & Wiebe Hoek (eds.) - 2010 - Springer Berlin Heidelberg.details
Decision Theory in Philosophy of Action
Belief Change in Branching Time: AGM-consistency and Iterated Revision. [REVIEW]Giacomo Bonanno - 2012 - Journal of Philosophical Logic 41 (1):201-236.details
We study belief change in the branching-time structures introduced in Bonanno (Artif Intell 171:144–160, 2007 ). First, we identify a property of branching-time frames that is equivalent (when the set of states is finite) to AGM-consistency, which is defined as follows. A frame is AGM-consistent if the partial belief revision function associated with an arbitrary state-instant pair and an arbitrary model based on that frame can be extended to a full belief revision function that satisfies the AGM postulates. Second, (...) we provide a set of modal axioms that characterize the class of AGM-consistent frames within the modal logic introduced in Bonanno (Artif Intell 171:144–160, 2007 ). Third, we introduce a generalization of AGM belief revision functions that allows a clear statement of principles of iterated belief revision and discuss iterated revision both semantically and syntactically. (shrink)
Epistemic Logic in Logic and Philosophy of Logic
The Logic of Belief Persistence.Pierpaolo Battigalli & Giacomo Bonanno - 1997 - Economics and Philosophy 13 (1):39-59.details
The principle of belief persistence, or conservativity principle, states that '\Nhen changing beliefs in response to new evidence, you should continue to believe as many of the old beliefs as possible' (Harman, 1986, p. 46). In particular, this means that if an individual gets new information, she has to accommodate it in her new belief set (the set of propositions she believes), and, if the new information is not inconsistent with the old belief set, then (1) the individual has to (...) maintain all the beliefs she previously had and (2) the change should be minimal in the sense that every proposition in the new belief set must be deducible from the union of the old belief set and the new information (see, e.g., Gardenfors, 1988; Stalnaker, 1984). We focus on this minimal notion of belief persistence and characterize it both semantically and syntactically. A 'possible world' semantic formalization of the principle easily comes to mind. The set of all the propositions that the individual believes corresponds to the set of states of the world that she considers possible and is a subset of the set of states that are not ruled out by the individual's information (or knowledge). It is required that, if the individual considers a state possible and her new information does not exclude this state, then she continue to consider it possible. Furthermore, if the individual regards a particular state as impossible, then she should continue to regard it as impossible unless her new information excludes all the states that she previously regarded as possible. This is closely related to the.. (shrink)
Epistemological Theories, Misc in Epistemology
Rational choice and agm belief revision.Giacomo Bonanno - 2009 - Artificial Intelligence 173 (12-13):1194-1203.details
We establish a correspondence between the rationalizability of choice studied in the revealed preference literature and the notion of minimal belief revision captured by the AGM postulates. A choice frame consists of a set of alternatives , a collection E of subsets of (representing possible choice sets) and a function f : E ! 2 (representing choices made). A choice frame is rationalizable if there exists a total pre-order R on..
Rational Choice Theory in Philosophy of Social Science
Theory in Economics in Philosophy of Social Science
Memory and perfect recall in extensive games.Giacomo Bonanno - 2004 - Games and Economic Behavior 47 (2):237-256.details
The notion of perfect recall in extensive games was introduced by Kuhn (1953), who interpreted it as "equivalent to the assertion that each player is allowed by the rules of the game to remember everything he knew at previous moves and all of his choices at those moves''. We provide a characterization and axiomatization of perfect recall based on two notions of memory: (1) memory of past knowledge and (2) memory of past actions.
Temporal Interaction of Information and Belief.Giacomo Bonanno - 2007 - Studia Logica 86 (3):375-401.details
The temporal updating of an agent's beliefs in response to a flow of information is modeled in a simple modal logic that, for every date t, contains a normal belief operator B t and a non-normal information operator I t which is analogous to the 'only knowing' operator discussed in the computer science literature. Soundness and completeness of the logic are proved and the relationship between the proposed logic, the AGM theory of belief revision and the notion of plausibility is (...) discussed. (shrink)
Modal logic and game theory: Two alternative approaches.Giacomo Bonanno - 2002 - Risk Decision and Policy 7:309-324.details
Two views of game theory are discussed: (1) game theory as a description of the behavior of rational individuals who recognize each other's rationality and reasoning abilities, and (2) game theory as an internally consistent recommendation to individuals on how to act in interactive situations. It is shown that the same mathematical tool, namely modal logic, can be used to explicitly model both views.
Normative and Descriptive Decision Theory in Philosophy of Action
Synchronic information, knowledge and common knowledge in extensive games.Giacomo Bonanno - 1999 - Research in Economics 53 (1):77-99.details
Restricting attention to the class of extensive games defined by von Neumann and Morgenstern with the added assumption of perfect recall, we specify the information of each player at each node of the game-tree in a way which is coherent with the original information structure of the extensive form. We show that this approach provides a framework for a formal and rigorous treatment of questions of knowledge and common knowledge at every node of the tree. We construct a particular information (...) partition for each player and show that it captures the notion of maximum information in the sense that it is the finest within the class of information partitions that satisfy four natural properties. Using this notion of "maximum information" we are able to provide an alternative characterization of the meet of the information partitions. (shrink)
Players' information in extensive games.Giacomo Bonanno - 1992 - Mathematical Social Sciences 24 (1):35-48.details
This paper suggests a way of formalizing the amount of information that can be conveyed to each player along every possible play of an extensive game. The information given to each player i when the play of the game reaches node x is expressed as a subset of the set of terminal nodes. Two definitions are put forward, one expressing the minimum amount of information and the other the maximum amount of information that can be conveyed without violating the constraint (...) represented by the information sets. Our definitions provide intuitive characterizations of such notions as perfect recall, perfect information and simultanetty. (shrink)
Branching time, perfect information games and backward induction.Giacomo Bonanno - 2001 - Games and Economic Behavior 36 (1):57-73.details
The logical foundations of game-theoretic solution concepts have so far been explored within the con¯nes of epistemic logic. In this paper we turn to a di®erent branch of modal logic, namely temporal logic, and propose to view the solution of a game as a complete prediction about future play. The branching time framework is extended by adding agents and by de¯ning the notion of prediction. A syntactic characterization of backward induction in terms of the property of internal consistency of prediction (...) is given. (shrink)
Guest Editors' Introduction.Giacomo Bonanno, James Delgrande & Hans Rott - 2012 - Journal of Philosophical Logic 41 (1):1-5.details
The contributions to the Special Issue on Multiple Belief Change, Iterated Belief Change and Preference Aggregation are divided into three parts. Four contributions are grouped under the heading "multiple belief change" (Part I, with authors M. Falappa, E. Fermé, G. Kern-Isberner, P. Peppas, M. Reis, and G. Simari), five contributions under the heading "iterated belief change" (Part II, with authors G. Bonanno, S.O. Hansson, A. Nayak, M. Orgun, R. Ramachandran, H. Rott, and E. Weydert). These papers do not only (...) pick up the particular questions raised, but also extend and modify the framework of Alchourrón, Gärdenfors and Makinson. Part III deals with preference aggregation and consists of one contribution (by F. Herzberg and D. Eckert). (shrink)
Belief Revision, Misc in Epistemology
Doxastic and Epistemic Logic in Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Common belief with the logic of individual belief.Giacomo Bonanno - 2000 - Mathematical Logic Quarterly 46 (1):49-52.details
The logic of common belief does not always reflect that of individual beliefs. In particular, even when the individual belief operators satisfy the KD45 logic, the common belief operator may fail to satisfy axiom 5. That is, it can happen that neither is A commonly believed nor is it common belief that A is not commonly believed. We identify the intersubjective restrictions on individual beliefs that are incorporated in axiom 5 for common belief.
Game Theory, Misc in Philosophy of Action
The KK Principle in Epistemology
How to make sense of the com M on P ri or assumption under incomplete information.Giacomo Bonanno & Klaus Nehring - 1999 - International Journal of Game Theory 28 (3):409-434.details
The Common Prior Assumption (CPA) plays an important role in game theory and the economics of information. It is the basic assumption behind decision-theoretic justifications of equilibrium reasoning in games (Aumann, 1987, Aumann and Brandenburger, 1995) and no-trade results with asymmetric information (Milgrom and Stokey, 1982). Recently several authors (Dekel and Gul, 1997, Gul, 1996, Lipman, 1995) have questioned whether the CPA is meaningful in situations of incomplete information, where there is no ex ante stage and where the primitives of (...) the model are the individuals' beliefs about the external world (their first-order beliefs), their beliefs about the other individuals' beliefs (second-order beliefs), etc., i.e. their hierarchies of beliefs. In this context, the CPA is a mathematical property whose conceptual content is not clear. The main results of this paper (Theorems 1 and 2) provide a characterization of Harsanyi consistency in terms of properties of the belief hierarchies that are entirely unrelated to the idea of an ex ante stage. (shrink)
Convention and Coordination in Philosophy of Action
Linguistic Communication in Philosophy of Language
The Material Conditional is Sufficient to Model Deliberation.Giacomo Bonanno - 2023 - Erkenntnis 88 (1):325-349.details
There is an ongoing debate in the philosophical literature whether the conditionals that are central to deliberation are subjunctive or indicative conditionals and, if the latter, what semantics of the indicative conditional is compatible with the role that conditionals play in deliberation. We propose a possible-world semantics where conditionals of the form "if I take action _a_ the outcome will be _x_" are interpreted as material conditionals. The proposed framework is illustrated with familiar examples and both qualitative and probabilistic beliefs (...) are considered. Issues such as common-cause cases and 'Egan-style' cases are discussed. (shrink)
Logics for Belief as Maximally Plausible Possibility.Giacomo Bonanno - 2020 - Studia Logica 108 (5):1019-1061.details
We consider a basic logic with two primitive uni-modal operators: one for certainty and the other for plausibility. The former is assumed to be a normal operator, while the latter is merely a classical operator. We then define belief, interpreted as "maximally plausible possibility", in terms of these two notions: the agent believes \ if she cannot rule out \ ), she judges \ to be plausible and she does not judge \ to be plausible. We consider four interaction properties (...) between certainty and plausibility and study how these properties translate into properties of belief. We then prove that all the logics considered are minimal logics for the highlighted theorems. We also consider a number of possible interpretations of plausibility, identify the corresponding logics and show that some notions considered in the literature are special cases of our framework. (shrink)
On Stalnaker's Notion of Strong Rationalizability and Nash Equilibrium in Perfect Information Games.Giacomo Bonanno & Klaus Nehring - 1998 - Theory and Decision 45 (3):291-295.details
Counterexamples to two results by Stalnaker (Theory and Decision, 1994) are given and a corrected version of one of the two results is proved. Stalnaker's proposed results are: (1) if at the true state of an epistemic model of a perfect information game there is common belief in the rationality of every player and common belief that no player has false beliefs (he calls this joint condition 'strong rationalizability'), then the true (or actual) strategy profile is path equivalent to a (...) Nash equilibrium; (2) in a normal-form game a strategy profile is strongly rationalizable if and only if it belongs to C8 , the set of profiles that survive the iterative deletion of inferior profiles. (shrink)
Game Theory.Giacomo Bonanno - 2018 - North Charleston, SC, USA: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.details
This is a two-volume set that provides an introduction to non-cooperative Game Theory. Volume 1 covers the basic concepts, while Volume 2 is devoted to advanced topics. The book is richly illustrated with approximately 400 figures. It is suitable for both self-study and as the basis for an undergraduate course in game theory as well as a first-year graduate-level class. It is written to be accessible to anybody with high-school level knowledge of mathematics. At the end of each chapter there (...) is a collection of exercises accompanied by detailed answers. The book contains approximately 180 exercises. (shrink)
Introduction to the special issue of economics and philosophy on neuroeconomics.Giacomo Bonanno, Christian List, Bertil Tungodden & Peter Vallentyne - 2008 - Economics and Philosophy 24 (3):301-302.details
ABSTRACT The past fifteen years or so have witnessed considerable progress in our understanding of how the human brain works. One of the objectives of the fast-growing field of neuroscience is to deepen our knowledge of how the brain perceives and interacts with the external world. Advances in this direction have been made possible by progress in brain imaging techniques and by clinical data obtained from patients with localized brain lesions. A relatively new field within neuroscience is neuroeconomics, which focuses (...) on individual decision making and aims to systematically classify and map the brain activity that correlates with decision-making that pertains to economic choices. Neuroeconomic studies rely heavily on functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which measures the haemodynamic response (that is, changes in the blood flow) related to neural activity in the brain. (shrink)
Economics and Cognitive Science in Philosophy of Social Science
Naturalism in Economics in Philosophy of Social Science
Neuroethics, Misc in Applied Ethics
Logic and the Foundations of Game and Decision Theory.Giacomo Bonanno, Wiebe van der Hoek & Michael Wooldridge (eds.) - 2008 - Amsterdam University Press.details
This volume is a collects papers originally presented at the 7th Conference on Logic and the Foundations of Game and Decision Theory (LOFT), held at the University of Liverpool in July 2006. LOFT is a key venue for presenting research at the intersection of logic, economics, and computer science, and this collection gives a lively and wide-ranging view of an exciting and rapidly growing area.
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Decision Making.Giacomo Bonanno - 2017 - North Charleston, SC, USA: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.details
This text provides an introduction to the topic of rational decision making as well as a brief overview of the most common biases in judgment and decision making. "Decision Making" is relatively short (300 pages) and richly illustrated with approximately 100 figures. It is suitable for both self-study and as the basis for an upper-division undergraduate course in judgment and decision making. The book is written to be accessible to anybody with minimum knowledge of mathematics (high-school level algebra and some (...) elementary notions of set theory and probability, which are reviewed in the book). At the end of each chapter there is a collection of exercises that are grouped according to that chapter's sections. Complete and detailed answers for each exercise are given in the last section of each chapter. The book contains a total of 121 fully solved exercises. (shrink)
Economics in Social Sciences
Revising predictions.Giacomo Bonanno - 2001 - In Johan van Benthem (ed.), Theoretical aspects of rationality and knowledge.details
Making a prediction is essentially expressing a belief about the future. It is therefore natural to interpret later predictions as revisions of earlier ones and to investigate the notion of belief revision in this context. We study, both semantically and syntactically, the following principle of minimum revision of prediction: "as long as there are no surprises, that is, as long as what actually occurs had been predicted to occur, then everything which was predicted in the past, if still possible, should (...) continue to be predicted, and no new predictions should be added.". (shrink)
Prediction in Science in General Philosophy of Science
Varieties of interpersonal compatibility of beliefs.Giacomo Bonanno - 1999 - In Jelle Gerbrandy, Maarten Marx, Maarten de Rijke & Yde Venema (eds.), Essays dedicated to Johan van Benthem on the occasion of his 50th birthday. Amsterdam University Press.details
Since Lewis's (1969) and Aumann's (1976) pioneering contributions, the concepts of common knowledge and common belief have been discussed extensively in the literature, both syntactically and semantically1. At the individual level the difference between knowledge and belief is usually identified with the presence or absence of the Truth Axiom ( iA → A), which is interpreted as "if individual i believes that A, then A is true". In such a case the individual is often said to know that A (thus (...) it is possible for an individual to believe a false proposition but she cannot know a false proposition). Going to the interpersonal level, the literature then distinguishes between common knowledge and common belief on the basis of whether or not the Truth Axiom is postulated at the individual level. However, while at the individual level the Truth Axiom captures merely a relationship between the individuals' beliefs and the external world, at the interpersonal level it has very strong implications. For example, the following is a consequence of the Truth Axiom: i jA → iA, that is, if individual i believes that individual j believes that A, then individual i herself believes that A. Thus, in contrast to other axioms, the Truth Axiom does not merely reflect individual agents' "logic of belief". (The reason why the Truth Axiom is much stronger in an interpersonal context than appears at first glance is that it amounts to assuming that agreement of any individual's belief with the truth is common knowledge). Given its logical force, it is not surprising to find that it has strong implications for the logic of common knowledge. In particular, if each individual's beliefs satisfy the strongest logic of knowledge (namely S5 or KT5), the associated common knowledge operator satisfies this logic too. Such is not the case for belief: bereft of the Truth Axiom, even the strongest logic for individual belief (KD45) is insufficient to ensure the satisfaction of the "Negative Introspection" axiom for common belief: ¬ ∗A → ∗¬ ∗A (where ∗ denotes the common belief operator).. (shrink)
Common Knowledge in Epistemology
Discourse in Philosophy of Language
Introduction to the special issue of economics and philosophy on ambiguity aversion.Giacomo Bonanno, Martin van Hees, Christian List & Bertil Tungodden - 2009 - Economics and Philosophy 25 (3):247-248.details
The paradigm for modelling decision-making under uncertainty has undoubtedly been the theory of Expected Utility, which was first developed by von Neumann and Morgenstern (1944) and later extended by Savage (1954) to the case of subjective uncertainty. The inadequacy of the theory of Subjective Expected Utility (SEU) as a descriptive theory was soon pointed out in experiments, most famously by Allais (1953) and Ellsberg (1961). The observed departures from SEU noticed by Allais and Ellsberg became known as "paradoxes". The Ellsberg (...) paradox gave rise, several years later, to a new literature on decision-making under ambiguity. The theoretical side of this literature was pioneered by Schmeidler (1989). This literature views the departures from SEU in situations similar to those discussed by Ellsberg as rational responses to ambiguity. The rationality is "recovered" by relaxing Savage's Sure-Thing principle and adding an ambiguity-aversion postulate. Thus the ambiguity-aversion literature takes a normative point of view and does consider Ellsberg-type choices as behavioural "anomalies". (shrink)
Rational Expectations Theory in Philosophy of Social Science
Prediction in Branching Time Logic.Giacomo Bonanno - 2001 - Mathematical Logic Quarterly 47 (2):239-248.details
When we make a prediction we select, among the conceivable future descriptions of the world, those that appear to us to be most plausible. We capture this by means of two binary relations, ≺c and ≺p: if t1 and t2 are points in time, we interpret t1 ≺ct2 as sayingthat t2 is in the conceivable future of t1, while t1 ≺pt2 is interpreted to mean that t2 isin the predicted future of t1. Within a branching-time framework we propose the following (...) notion of "consistency of prediction". Suppose that at t1 some future moment t2 is predicted to occur, then every moment t on the unique path from t1 to t2 should also be predicted at t1 and the prediction of t2 should continue to hold at every such t. A sound and complete axiomatization is provided. (shrink)
The Open Future in Metaphysics
AGM Belief Revision in Dynamic Games.Giacomo Bonanno - 2011 - In Krzysztof Apt (ed.), Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Theoretical Aspects of Rationality and Knowledge (TARK XIII).details
Within the context of extensive-form (or dynamic) games, we use choice frames to represent the initial beliefs of a player as well as her disposition to change those beliefs when she learns that an information set of hers has been reached. As shown in [5], in order for the revision operation to be consistent with the AGM postulates [1], the player's choice frame must be rationalizable in terms of a total pre-order on the set of histories. We consider four properties (...) of choice frames and show that, together with the hypothesis of a common prior, are necessary and sufficient for the existence of a plausibility order that rationalizes the epistemic state (that is, initial beliefs and disposition to revise those beliefs) of all the players. The plausibility order satisfies the properties introduced in [6] as part of a new definition of perfect Bayesian equilibrium for dynamic games. Thus the present paper provides epistemic foundations for that solution concept. (shrink)
Intensity of competition and the choice between product and process innovation.Giacomo Bonanno - 1998 - International Journal of Industrial Organization 16 (4):495-510.details
Two questions are examined within a model of vertical differentiation. The first is whether cost-reducing innovations are more likely to be observed in regimes of more intense or less intense competition. Following Delbono and Denicolo (1990) and Bester and Petrakis (1993) we compare two identical industries that differ only in the regime of competition: Bertrand versus Cournot. Since Cournot competition leads to lower output and higher prices, it can be thought of as a regime of less intense competition. We find (...) that the increase in profits associated with any given cost reduction is higher in the case of Cournot competition than in the case of Bertrand competition. Thus there are cost-reducing innovations that would be pursued under Cournot competition but not under Bertrand competition. (shrink)
Oligopoly equilibria when firms have local knowledge of demand.Giacomo Bonanno - 1988 - International Economic Review 29 (1):45-55.details
The notion of Nash equilibrium in static oligopoly games is based on the assumption that each firm knows its entire demand curve (and, therefore, its entire profit function). It is much more likely, however, that firms only have some idea of the outcome of small price variations within some relatively small interval of prices. This is because firms can only learn their demand functions through price experiments and if they are risk-averse and/or have a low discount factor, they will be (...) unwilling to engage in extensive price experiments involving large variations in price. We can therefore expect firms to experiment through small price variations and stop when they reach a price such that no small deviation.. (shrink)
Memory of Past Beliefs and Actions.Giacomo Bonanno - 2003 - Studia Logica 75 (1):7-30.details
Two notions of memory are studied both syntactically and semantically: memory of past beliefs and memory of past actions. The analysis is carried out in a basic temporal logic framework enriched with beliefs and actions.
Conscious and Unconscious Memory in Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Review of Cristina Bicchieri's rationality and coordination. [REVIEW]Giacomo Bonanno - 1995 - Economics and Philosophy 11 (2):359-366.details
In her book Rationality and coordination (Cambridge University Press, 1994) Cristina Bicchieri brings together (and adds to) her own contributions to game theory and the philosophy of economics published in various journals in the period 1987-1992. The book, however, is not a collection of separate articles but rather a homogeneous unit organized around some central themes in the foundations of non-cooperative game theory. Bicchieri's exposition is admirably clear and well organized. Somebody with a good knowledge of game theory would probably (...) benefit mainly from reading the second part of Chapter 3 (from Section 3.6 onward) and Chapter 4. On the other hand, those who have had little exposure to game theory, would certainly benefit from reading the entire book. I shall begin with an overview of the content of the book and then offer some critical comments on what I consider to be the most important part of it. (shrink)
The gothic realism of jaquerio, Giacomo-a critical analysis of his work.A. Moretto - 1987 - Filosofia 38 (1):13-24.details
Reply to Vilks.Giacomo Bonanno - 1994 - Economics and Philosophy 10 (1):115.details
In his note Arnis Vilks raises two criticisms concerning my paper "The Logic of Rational Play in Extensive Games". The author gives two examples: one to show that my logic "is inconsistent.
Philosophy of Economics in Philosophy of Social Science
Rationality and Coordination, Bicchieri Cristina. Cambridge University Press, 1994, xiii + 270 pages. [REVIEW]Giacomo Bonanno - 1995 - Economics and Philosophy 11 (2):359.details
Introduction to the special issue.Wiebe Hoek, Giacomo Bonanno & Thomas Ågotnes - 2016 - Synthese 193 (3):659-662.details
Introduction to the special issue.Thomas Ågotnes, Giacomo Bonanno & Wiebe van der Hoek - 2016 - Synthese 193 (3):659-662.details
On the Logic of Common Belief.Giacomo Bonanno - 1996 - Mathematical Logic Quarterly 42 (1):305-311.details
We investigate an axiomatization of the notion of common belief that makes use of no rules of inference and highlight the property of the set of accessibility relations that characterizes each axiom.
Proceedings of the eleventh conference on logic and the foundations of game and decision theory (LOFT 11).Thomas Ågotnes, Giacomo Bonanno & Wiebe Van Der Hoek (eds.) - 2014details
Rational beliefs in extensive games.Giacomo Bonanno - 1992 - Theory and Decision 33 (2):153-176.details
Editorial Introduction to the Special Issue LOFT Sevilla.Giacomo Bonanno, Hans van Ditmarsch & Wiebe van der Hoek - 2013 - Journal of Philosophical Logic 42 (6):795-798.details
Introduction to the Special Issue on Logic and the Foundations of Game and Decision Theory.Andrés Perea, Wiebe Hoek & Giacomo Bonanno - 2019 - Studia Logica 107 (3):451-455.details
Foreword.Giacomo Bonanno, Andreas Herzig, Wiebe van der Hoek & Jérôme Lang - 2011 - Journal of Applied Non-Classical Logics 21 (3-4):263-264.details
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